Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Calape in Philippines

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Calape in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.1963 East, latitude 11.1307 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:17:10 / 2:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/09/25 / 2025-09-30 14:17:10 / September 30, 2025 @ 2:17 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000ripv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ripv.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Cebu City (c. 798 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lapu-Lapu City (c. 350 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mandaue City (c. 331 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Cadiz (c. 129 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sagay (c. 72 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cordova, Cadiz, Jaclupan.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km ESE of Calape, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.1963° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.1307° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km ESE of Calape, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-30 14:17:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-29 13:48:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	354	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	41	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	10.516	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	102	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000ripv	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ripv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ripv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

124.1963° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

11.1307° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

18 km ESE of Calape, Philippines

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-09-30 14:17:10

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-10-29 13:48:02

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

354

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

10.516

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.58 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

102

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000ripv

Id of event.

Event Code

6000ripv

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000ripv,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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